Research corpus ScalingBLC-STUDY-0099

BitVM: Compute Anything on Bitcoin

A way to dispute an arbitrary computation between two Bitcoin parties using hashlocks, timelocks and large Taproot trees, without a new opcode. Honest execution stays off-chain. A false claim can be challenged on-chain. It is not a global virtual machine.

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Authors: Robin Linus
Date: 2023
Publisher: Robin Linus
Version: Source cited by the 2023 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0099
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
Licence: No licence recorded. Rights status under review.

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Canonical readingBitVM study
Related paperTaproot
Related paperLightning
Related paperArbitrum

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Linus, R. (2023). BitVM: Compute Anything on Bitcoin. Robin Linus. https://bitvm.org/bitvm.pdf

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@techreport{bitvm2023,
  title = {BitVM: Compute Anything on Bitcoin},
  author = {Robin Linus},
  year = {2023},
  institution = {Robin Linus},
  url = {https://bitvm.org/bitvm.pdf},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/bitvm}
}

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Source status: Official source
Use status: Metadata and commentary only. The reading is the study page.
Rights: Official external source only
Training and retrieval: Not permitted from this site. There is no rights-cleared full text to retrieve or to train on.

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